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Abstract All of us get old if we are lucky, and disability is a natural part of human variation across the lifespan. Early in her life, Susan* was labelled with developmental disability but, unlike many other disabled people who were born during the mid-twentieth century, she grew up within her family, not in an institution…. Read more »
Abstract People with dementia are increasingly asserting their rights as people with disabilities. Yet instead of inviting them into studies as participants, researchers often use surrogates-family members or healthcare professionals. I address this problem by bringing together qualitative methodologies that involve people with dementia directly in research. The article is available at https://rdsjournal.org/index.php/journal/article/view/1034
Abstract Sociological analyses of dementia have long drawn on critiques of medicalisation and the medical model. This approach fails to account for late 20th/early 21st century expansion of neuropsychiatric biopolitics, wherein a more subtle and pervasive (self-)governance of health, illness, and life itself is at stake. Since the 1970s, new neuropsychiatric imaginings of dementia have… Read more »
Open access paper at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/1467-9566.13280
Abstract Over recent decades, the importance of increasing dementia awareness has been promoted by charities, researchers and governments. In response, a large body of research has emerged that evaluates the awareness of different populations. One such population are minority ethnic communities. Associated studies typically conclude that minority ethnic groups have a poor awareness of dementia… Read more »
